2002-02-28 Centigrade is a unit of angular measurement. A circle consists of 400 grades and thus a centigrade is 0.01 of a grade. Metric does not allow a unit name to have more than one meaning.
Also, Celsius, who developed the Celsius temperature scale (although in reverse from the way we us it today), was honoured by having his name attached to his scale, just like Fahrenheit was honoured by having his name attached to his scale. Anyone who uses Centigrade is 54 years behind the times, as Centigrade was changed to Celsius in 1948. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-02-28 14:00 Subject: [USMA:18451] Whatever happened to centigrade?? > I would be interested to know if anyone knows why Centigrade was replaced by Celsius!! > > I always remember weather forecasts giving the dual temperatures of Centigrade and Fahrenheit!! > > Over the last ten years or so, though, it seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth!! > > Does anyone out there know why?? > > Regards, > > Steve. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
